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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, January 28. 1965
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Today was buried the Mother
of a priest. She was 88. There
was no grief, only joy. A twinge
of sorrow, perhaps, at the en-
visoned lonesome lie without a
loved one. But no inconsolable
lament. God has called home a
replica of his own mother.
No mother could have had
deeper pride in her son, had
he been president or prince. A
quiet pride. Never boasting.
Just a silent admiration of the
vocation. And humble awe at
the deep honor given her off
spring, called to be another
Christ.
Having known this admirable
lady and her solidly pious hus
band for eight years, I feel I
have sufficient acquaintance
with their character to speak
knowingly. And because my
own mother died when I was
onliy eight, I further feel I can
speak without bias and imper
sonally about the glowing and
justifiable thrill of the parents
of a priest.
On any occasion when I at
tempted to offer praise to the
parents for their wonderful liv
es that led their boy to the al
tar, wherever I extolled their
virtue that traced the path for
him, they both disclaimed cred
it for the station or accomplish
ments of their son.
I have never met the mother
or father of a priest that I did
not like immediately. Invaria
bly, they are of the lower in
come bracket, but high spiritual
caliber. Very often, they are
daily communicants. The most
noticiblc qualities always are
simplicity, humility, gentleness
and a deep unpretentious love
of God.
None of this is surprising.
Good crops do not grow in
rocky soil. Since the family is
the seedbed of a priestly voca
tion, God, the wise planter, util
izes fertile soil to develop His
“alter ego”.
Neither is the unboasting pride
of such a mother surprising.
When you think of it, what
greater honor could God bestow
on a mother than to make her
boy His own hands and feet
and voice in the continuation of
His redemptive mission?
Yet it has happened that par
ents opposed God’s plan for
their son. They have refused
permission, sought to dissuade,
cried as if vocations were catas
trophes, rather than mutely wel
come or profusely thank the
Creator of their heir.
May God bless the parents of
all priests and may He richly
reward with eternal happiness
this noble and inspiring lady
who proudly bore the honor
“mother of a priest”.
“CALLED BY GOD”
Sisters Not Born,
Don’t Just Happen
Sisters are not born, nor are
they made, nor do they just
happen — They are “Called
forth” by God to serve others.
Proof positive of this are Sis
ter Susanna and Sister Kathleen
Glenmary Sisters who i are hold
ing Religious Instruction Class
es for school - age children in
Bulloch and Burke Counties.
The Sisters try to pass on to
their charges the many vital ex
periences and principles they,
them'•elves, have learned as
Christians and especially as
Christians leading a special kind
of life within God’s Family.
After one year as a Religious
Novice and two years of College
work, Sister Susanna received
her first Georgia assignment in
1963. The next assignment was
a summer in Virginia conduct
ing weekly bible schools through
out the hills and valleys of the
Old Dominion State.
Sister Susanna has returned
for another year, of service in
the Peach State and in addition
to teaching at Waynesboro, she
attends classes at Georgia
Southern College, completing her
own college work.
Working with Sister Susanna
is Sister Kathleen, now in her
third year at Waynesboro. A
native of Huntington, W.Va.,
Sister completed one year of
college before entering the sis
terhood in 1959. She has been
previously stationed at St. Paul
and has spent the last two and
one-half years residing at States
boro.
A personal friend of Sister Su
sanna, a Sister herself, recently
summed-up the vocation of a
Sister when she wrote:
“The Sister stands in the
world, before the world, speak
ing to the world saying that
she has been called — first,
called to life, to be a person,
then called to be a Christian,
called into friendship with God,
then one day called to serve
this God in a special way.
“Like Abraham, she left
the land of her relatives and
friends and goes into a new
land. Her life is now a gift—she
g ives herself, receives the Fa-
ler’s love, gives it to others,
receives from them, give it
back to the Father.
“Teaching, nursing, helping
and becoming one with the per
sons she meets — she is meant
to serve her brothers and sis
ters in Christ. She says by all
these actions that there is a
God, your Father, my Father,
our Father. He has a love for
each of you, and He has sent
me as a sign.”
THIS WEEKEND
Leadership Course
For Augusta Area
A weekend lay leadership
course will be presented in
North Augusta by Dr. Philip
Harris, educational director of
the Thomas E. Murray Training
Bishop
Confirms
In Albany
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Mc
Donough was in Albany this
past weekend to administer the
Sacrament of Confirmation at
St. Clare’s Church, St. Teresa’s
Church, and the Marine Base
Chapel.
In honor of the Bishop, a
Family Communion Breakfast,
sponsored by the Knights of
Columbus, was held in St. Te
resa’s School Auditorium after
the 8:90 Mass.
During the program recogni
tion was given to Bobby Dwor-
Eagle Scout of the parish
troop No. 3, for receiving the
Church's Scouting Award, the
Ad Altare Dei Medal.
Center, on the last weekend of
January. The course, open to
Catholic lay men and women,
aims to make use of every mod
ern method to make Christian
ity meaningful in today’s socie
ty.
The weekend course places
emphasis on individual and
group participation and experi
ence in Christian community
living. The course is centered
on the modern liturgy and the
Mystical Body. It will take up
leadership techniques and apos
tolic methods and opportunities.
Learning through doing is stress
ed rather than formal sermons
and stereotyped lectures.
The director, Dr. Harris, is
an experienced educator, psy
chologist, and an internationally
known guidance expert. He was
named “Young Man of the
Year” by the New York City
Jr. Chamber of Commerce in
1960, held a Fulbright professor
ship in India in 1962, and has
studied the Church’s missions
on five continents.
For reservations or further in
formation on the course, call
William Davis, 3510 Richmond
Hill Rd.,' Augusta.
ARCHITECT’S CONCEPT of New Saint Joseph’s- 1
Hospital, Savannah, Building at right will house pa
tient facilities. Center section is new School of Nurs-t
ing. At left is the sisters’ convent. Plans were made)
public at a news conference early this week.
ABREU & ROBESON
architects * EKOWEEm
Marriages
• Miss Merlene Alice Copeland of Waverly, and Carlton D. Bur
gess Jr. of Brunswick January 16th at St. Francis Xavier
Church.
• Miss Carole Jane Wilson of Savannah and Rodney Lee Spell of
Jacksonville, Fla., January 16th at Sacred Heart ChurojBMn
Savannah.
Obituaries
• Elwood Joseph Wedenfeller of Augusta, January 20th.
• Mrs. Mary Belle Williams of Augusta, January 22nd.
• Mrs. Julia Chesser O’Connell of Augusta, January 24th.
• Marion Charles Smith of Savannah, January 20th.
• Mrs. Helen Brennan Frese of Savannah, January 23rd.
• Mrs. Timothy J. Twomey, native of Savannah, at Tampa on
January 12th.
• Thomas Ambrose Kessler of Columbus, January 17th.
• William Burton Jarvis of Savannah, January 22nd.
PLANS NEAR COMPLETION
Construction Of St. Joseph’s
• Francis Bizzell Elmore of Savannah, January 25th.
Necrology
• Rt. Rev. Msgr. James A. Kane, Jan. 29, 1939.
Hospital Slated For This
Plans for Savannah’s new St.
Joseph’s Hospital moved closer
to completion this week with
the announcement by Sister Ma
ry Cornile, R.S.M., hospital ad
ministrator that application has
been made to the Georgia State
Department of Health for Hill-
Burton funds in an amount in
excess of $2,000,000.
“If these funds are available
in the near future and if financ
ing arrangements can be com
pleted during the next few
months, construction will prob
ably begin early in the fall of
this year,” said Sister Comile
at a news conference held at
the hospital school of nursing,
Monday.
Estimated cost of the new
facilities, to be located on Sa
vannah’s fast - growing south
side, is $6,000,000. Five million
will be used for the hospital
and approximately one million
for site improvements, a new
school of nursing and convent..
In addition to the Hill-Burton
funds, hospital authorities hope
to raise $4,000,000 through long
term loans and a fund raising
campaign scheduled to begin in
the near future. Minimum goal
of the drive is six hundred thou
sand dollars.
God Ignored
For Sake Of
Non-Believer
The gradual shift from a poli
cy of separation of Church and
State in the nation, to one where
the existence of God is ignored
in an effort not to offend a pos
sible non-believer, was describ
ed at a meeting of Savannah
parents.
Father John Cuddy, Diocesan
Superintendent of Schools told
Savannah’s St. James Home and
School Association, “this becom-
;s apparent when we look a-
bout us and realize how much
admiration is given the materi
al advantages and how little at
tention is given the spiritual as
pects, in any sphere of human
endeavor.”
Present property and hospital
buildings will be sold when they
are no longer needed and the
proceeds used to reduce the
long-term debt.
The new hospital will accom
modate 200 patients. Plans pro
vide for 10 beds for intensive
care, 10 for self-care, 20 for ob
stetrics, 80 for internal medi
cine, 80 for surgery including 20
for eye, ear, nose and throat,
and 20 for orthopedics.
Nursing school enrollment will
be increased from 70 to between
100 and; 120 to meet the de
mands of increased patient
Father Ralph E. Seikel, mod
erator of Aquinas High School,
Augusta, will give the first in
a series of lectures treating of
“The Spirit of the Church’’.
Father Seikel
Speaking on Thursday, Febru
ary 4th at 8 P.M. at the Cathe-
dral School Auditorium, Savan
nah, the Augusta educator will
present an answer to the ques-
care.
Among new diagnostic and
therapeutic facilities to be in
cluded in the new hospital are
radioactive laboratory studies
and therapy, blood gas. studies,
bi-plane rapid film radiography,
cineradiography, mamogr a p h y
and photo-scannography.
Recent developments in medi
cal electronics have also been
incorporated in the plans and
provision made for extended
cardiac monitoring.
Plans for the new St. Joseph’s
were designed by Abreu and
Robeson of Atlanta, Ga., a firm
of Architects a n d Engineers
tion, “Are Catholic Schools Nec
essary.”
This series to be presented on
the Thursdays of February will
be titled “Education and the
Catholics,” and will present tour
provocative lecture discussions
on the involvement of Catholics
in the educational problems of
the day.
His Excellency The Most Rev
erend Thomas J. McDonough,
Bishop of Savannah, will pre
side at the lecture. Catholics
and all interested in the sub
jects are invited to attend.
Father Seikel is a native of
Canton, Ohio, who studied for
the priesthood at Saint Charles
College, Baltimore and Saint
Mary’s Seminary in the same
city.
Following ordination, Father
was stationed at Blessed Sacra
ment Church in Savannah and
directed Camp Villa Marie. He
was later assigned to Columbus’
Holy Family parish where he
was active in youth work.
In addition to serving as the
moderator of Aquinas High
School, Father is pastor of Saint
Patrick’s, Parish, Augusta.
EDUCATION SERIES
Father SeikeVs
Lecture Feb. 4
THAT TIME AGAIN — Members of Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day committee are)
pictured with Mayor Malcolm Maclean as they picked up their parade permit.
Pictured (left to right) Dan J. Keane; J. Emmett Moylan, Chairman; Mayor Mac-
lean and William L. Fogarty. (Savannah News-Press Photo):
Fall
specializing in the building of
hospitals. Among others design
ed by the firm are St. Joseph’s
Infirmary, Atlanta and Savan
nah’s Memorial Hospital.
Closely associated with the
Sisters of Mercy in planning the
new facilities are H. Hansell
Hillyer, Chairman of the Advis
ory Board; Ralston Mingledorff,
Chairman of the Building Com
mittee of the Advisory Board;
James P. Houlihan, Jr., Chair
man of the Site Committee of
the Advisory Board; B.I. Fried
man of the Finance Committee
of the Advisory Board and Dr.
Peter Scardino, M.D., Chairman
of the Medical Staff Building
Committee.
Questioned by newsmen about
the accessibility of the new hos
pital from outlying areas, St.
Cornile said, “When Abercorn
Street expressway (main ap
proach to the hospital) is linked
to U.S. Highway 17, this will
make the hospital easily acces
sible to Savannah’s heavily pop
ulated West-side as well as to
the North and South.
“It will be accessible from
any part of the city and county
over excellent and direct rout
es.’’
Dentist Of Year
Dr. James L. Cassidy of Macon has received the H.H. John
son Memorial Trophy as Middle Georgia dentist-of-the-year. Dr.
Cassidy attended St. Joseph’s School and has long been active in
activities of St. Joseph’s Parish. He is a member of the Knights of
Columbus, The Bishop’s Council of Men and of the Holy Name So
ciety.
To Form "Squires” ®
Holy Family Council, Knights of Columbus, Savannah, will
host a meeting Friday, January 29th of young men of the area be
tween the ages of 13-18 for the purpose of establishing a Columbian
Squires Council. All interested youth are invited to be present at
7 P.M. at Saint James School. Columbian Squires is a Fraternal
organization run by the youth themselves, under the guidance of
the Knights of Columbus.
Holy Family Auxiliary
Members of the Auxiliary of Holy Family Council Knights of
Columbus enjoyed color slides of the New York World’s Fair at
their recent meeting. The slides were shown by B. W. Cunningham.
The group voted to hold a doughnut sale with proceeds going to
the Council’s building Fund.
Civil Defense Speaker
Mrs. Audrey Starke, Assistant Director of Training for the
Department of Civil Defense, was guest speaker at the January ,
meeting of the Savannah Catholic Women’s Club.
Mrs. Bernard Taylor was named chairman for the Scholarship
Fund.
"Let Us Pay”
One of the best stories to come out of the new liturgy hap
pened to one of the priests in our diocese a few weeks ago. At
the offertory just before the collection was to be taken up, he
boomed into the microphone, “Let us pay”, for let us pray.
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Sister Cornile estimated that
it will take “approximately eigh
teen months to completed con
struction, once it is begun.”